(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Students should be taught using the language that they best understand. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued Friday, July 1, said this in reaction to a part of the inaugural address of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr....
Former President Rodrigo Duterte thought he had assembled the best team possible as he ended his six-year term on June 30. ONE LAST TIME— Former President Rodrigo Duterte and his Cabinet take a group photo in Malacañang one last time before they end their six-year term on June 30, 2022....
Globe Telecom Inc. welcomes the new administration’s goal to streamline government service through digitalization, President and CEO Ernest Cu stated Friday, July 1. “This will ultimately improve public service– an aspiration that Globe deeply shares with the government as we serve a customer...
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took his oath as the 17th Philippine President on June 30, 2022, signaling the return of the Marcoses to Malacañang, the place they called home from 1965 to 1986. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) In his inaugural speech, Marcos expressed his...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is the first to be elected with a majority vote under the present Constitution. He received a total of 31,629,783 votes, more than double that of his nearest rival. His mandate is clear and unmistakable. The Filipino people want him to lead the country from the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo It’s a new day for our nation. President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. has been sworn in as the 17th President of the Republic of the Philippines. We welcome a new government that has given us hope for a renewed country—renewed in the sense that we shall overcome...
A group of teachers on Thursday, June 30, urged newly-inaugurated President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to fulfill the promises made to the education sector during the campaign period. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “Any new administration signals a new beginning and therefore hope...
Foreign delegates joined President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as he took his oath for the highest seat in the country Thursday. Officials who witnessed Marcos Jr.’s inauguration at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila included those from two superpowers—China and the US. Mark...
As the incoming Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), a group of education workers challenged Vice President Sara Duterte to “deliver on the promises that her father failed.” Former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte (file photos) The incoming DepEd Chief, who...
With a fire lit under his belly, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. vowed on Thursday, June 30 to get the job done as chief executive--just like his late father, Ferdinand Sr. did all those decades ago. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left) and the late President Ferdinand Marcos...
After taking his oath as the country's new leader, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is officially back as Malacañang's occupant and his first order of business was to lead the mass oath-taking of his Cabinet secretaries and local government officials. The First Family arrives in...
When President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that the Filipino dreams are also his own dreams, it "resonated deeply" with the country's small businessmen, former Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III said Thursday following the inauguration of the new leader....